The Lebanese government has vowed to continue demanding the United Nations to put an end to Israel’s constant violations of the Lebanese sovereignty, Press TV reports. Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati made the remark during […]
An Israeli military commander has said that the recent developments in the Arab world could raise the prospect of a regional war against Israel. The remarks come after US-backed Arab dictators were swept from power […]
By George Polley Israel as a Jewish state is unworkable for one simple reason: non-Jews are treated differently than Jews, leaving non-Jews in a lesser-than position in which they have fewer rights than Jews, and […]
By Franklin Lamb – Tripoli As part of its 7th set of US sanctions against Syria, which began in June, 2011, the Obama administration has targeted a messenger, a sometime spokeswoman, a positive image of Syria, […]
By Ida Audeh – Boulder, Colorado In September, the University of Colorado Board of Regents will be presented with a petition urging it to remove from the university’s stock portfolio all companies that profit from […]
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish settlers on Monday set fire to a mosque near Nablus area in the northern West Bank, Palestinian Authority officials said. Settlers broke into Al-Nurayn mosque in Qusra, south of Nablus, smashing windows before […]
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has said he will not apologise to Turkey over a raid that killed nine Turks on a ship bound for Gaza, reiterating his position on Sunday after Ankara downgraded relations. […]
By Belén Fern
By Stuart Littlewood ‘Israel faces a real threat to its security from militant groups in Gaza. The naval blockade was imposed as a legitimate security measure in order to prevent weapons from entering Gaza by […]
By Georgina Reeves The internet is awash with opinions about the looming Palestinian Authority bid for statehood at the United Nations in a few weeks. There are some interesting and well-argued articles supporting both the […]
US government officials have been well aware of Israel’s harsh methods of dealing with peaceful protests in the occupied Palestinian territory of West Bank for quite some time, according to a recently leaked WikiLeaks diplomatic […]
The Palestinians will not be deterred from seeking UN membership, senior officials say in response to a report that the US is trying to head off their bid. The New York Times reported on Sunday […]
By Richard Lightbown The report of the UN Panel of Inquiry on the Gaza Flotilla Incident which was finally released on 2 September is an example of how dangerous thing ‘a little learning’ can be. […]
By Mhara Costello ‘Terrorist’ is just a word, one I wish I’d never heard When it’s used to vilify, without the need to question why Only fools would swift condemn, that which has not befallen […]
(Interview with the Israeli lawyer Ms. Lynda Brayer. Brayer is a human rights lawyer who specialized in the laws of war and international law. She represented Palestinians in the Israeli High Court of Justice for […]
Turkey has downgraded diplomatic ties with Israel and suspended military co-operation between the countries as the UN released its report into Israel’s deadly raid of a Gaza-bound ship. Ahmet Davutoglu, the Turkish foreign minister, announced […]
By Khalil Nakhleh (The Forgotten Palestinians: A History of the Palestinians in Israel. Ilan Pappe. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2011) No doubt, hundreds if not thousands of articles, reports and books have […]
By Uri Avnery Such terrifying dogs have not been seen since the Hound of the Baskervilles. They have been bred by an ardent admirer of the late ‘Rabbi’ Meir Kahane, who was branded by the […]
By Julie Webb-Pullman – Gaza The most fundamental fault of the Palmer Report on the 31 May 2010 Flotilla Incident(1) is its one-eyed view of security. The second is its exceeding of the Terms of Reference […]
A United Nations-mandated inquiry into a deadly Israeli raid on a Turkish-led aid flotilla to Gaza in 2010 says Israel’s action was "excessive", according to extracts published Thursday by the New York Times. The report, […]
Turkey rejects any delay in the release of a UN report on the 2010 attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla by a September 2 deadline, threatening to sanction an unapologetic Israel. “It is not remotely […]
A PLO official said Wednesday that the Palestinian leadership will continue its "political battle" at the UN even if the upcoming September bid fails. Speaking to Voice of Palestine radio, PLO executive committee member Saleh […]
By Ramzy Baroud At a press conference in Tripoli on Aug. 26, a statement read aloud by top Libyan rebel commander Abdel Hakim Belhadj was reassuring. Just a few months ago, disorganized and leaderless rebel […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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